For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the technology isn't capable of causing extreme, sudden flooding.

Experts say outlandish claims of weather manipulation are hindering disaster preparedness and emergency response.

Some people online suggested cloud seeding conducted by the company Rainmaker Technology Corporation was to blame for deadly ...

Is cloud seeding safe? Jonathan Jennings explains the science behind the technology in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

In the aftermath of deadly flash floods that swept through Texas Hill Country in July 2025, some people online suggested the ...

While looking into Birmingham, Alabama, chief meteorologist James Spann ‘s new weather network, we saw that he felt compelled ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on the rise of cloud seeding startups like Rainmaker, which ...

Viral posts promoted false claims that cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, played a role in the devastation.

Cloud seeding is a concept that was sowed in the 1940s. Vincent J. Schaefer, Bernard Vonnegut and Irving Langmuir were ...

Conspiracy theories about weather modification programs are surging online amid a torrent of misinformation following tragic ...

Cloud seeding has been conducted off and in the central Sierra — including the north fork of the Stanislaus River — since the ...

Why there’s no scientific basis for blaming the longtime drought-fighting practice for the tragic Central Texas flooding.